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Hi, I'm new... / Re: Hi from Minnesota, USA
« on: December 11, 2019, 13:20:06 PM »
Your pic should be in the Mugshot Gallery @whisker21  :)

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Hi, I'm new... / Re: Hi from Dorset, UK
« on: December 11, 2019, 13:12:01 PM »
@JudyN happy birthday Jasper  :cake:

It's never too early to talk about loony lurchers  :loveit:

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Hi, I'm new... / Re: Hi from Dorset, UK
« on: December 11, 2019, 09:56:56 AM »
Hi @JudyN just seen your new avatar, now you have my attention. What a gorge hound, tell me about him/her  :)

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Hi, I'm new... / Re: Hi from Dorset, UK
« on: December 10, 2019, 16:34:41 PM »
@JudyN hello, welcome, I too cannot sew in a straight line but it never stops me from trying  0_0

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Hi, I'm new... / Re: Hi from Minnesota, USA
« on: December 10, 2019, 16:32:41 PM »
@whisker21 welcome, looking forward to seeing your creations   :)

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Hi, I'm new... / Re: Hi from NZ
« on: December 09, 2019, 13:02:52 PM »
I will, of course, show pics of every alteration I do and claim the entire garment as my own :)

bm

I hadn't thought of that  ;)

@badgermat welcome along

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The Haberdashery / Re: Measuring yourself
« on: December 08, 2019, 16:29:19 PM »
@BrendaP I noticed that and thought, how can that be accurate?  ><

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The Haberdashery / Re: Rough pins
« on: December 07, 2019, 17:01:23 PM »
@Esme866 wow you were lucky there. I find if you take your time and slow down as you approach a pin you can sew 'over' it, if you get my meaning  >< A lot of the time I hand-turn the needle so can pre-empt any strikes

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The Haberdashery / Re: Rotary cutters, no luck with using them
« on: December 07, 2019, 16:56:30 PM »
The rotary cutter took a while for me to get to grips with and I almost didn't bother but having persevered I now love it. I mainly cut garment pieces with the odd bit of craft here and there so both straight lines and curvy bendy bits but I now prefer it to scissors.

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The Haberdashery / Re: Rough pins
« on: December 04, 2019, 19:43:42 PM »
@Deafoldbat yes, I do sew over pins, doesn't everyone? Should I sit on the norty step?  ><

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The Haberdashery / Re: Rough pins
« on: December 04, 2019, 19:40:45 PM »
I don't think they're rusty but now you mention it, I may have pinned a pattern piece that has been sellotaped together. I'll give them a wipe  ;)

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The Haberdashery / Rough pins
« on: December 04, 2019, 16:48:22 PM »
A few of my pins have 'gone rough' - they don't slide into fabric very well. What causes this?

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In the wardrobe / Re: Jersey Courtney
« on: December 04, 2019, 08:13:58 AM »
@Ohsewsimple it differs, sometimes I leave things unhemmed if I can get away with just a zigzzagged edge. But, on the few occasions I have sewn a jersey garment, they have had a straight edge and generally look ok. This top, however, has a curved hem, as I stated in my earlier post I ran a line of long stitches along the bottom to use as a guide but it gathered up a bit.

The wondertape will be the way to go for this one methinks  :)

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In the wardrobe / Re: Jersey Courtney
« on: December 03, 2019, 18:57:01 PM »
I don't know about Wondertape so I'll research that, thanks ladies  :)

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In the wardrobe / Re: Jersey Courtney
« on: December 03, 2019, 15:25:59 PM »
@b15erk Thanks Jessie, as it's a curved hem I did what I usually do and ran a line of stitching along the bottom to use as a guide for the hem, but I wonder if this caused it to stretch at all?!

Your idea of adding weight with a band of fabric sounds good, it hadn't occured to me. P'raps on the next one  ;) See how long that vow lasted?  :S

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